March is officially Women’s Month, with March 8 marking International Women’s Day — a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also serves as a call to action to accelerate gender equality. This year’s theme, “Give to Gain,” highlights the power of collective action: when we give, we …
In the face of tariffs, immigration curbs, reduced development funding and growing nationalism, conventional wisdom suggests Africa faces strong geopolitical headwinds. However, the apparent disorder may also present a significant upside for the continent. This emerged from a lively debate on the main stage on Day Two of Investing in African Mining Indaba, the largest …
Long before modern states claimed monopoly control over money, international trade depended on trusted systems that operated outside sovereign authority. In medieval Europe, merchants travelling between cities and kingdoms faced a familiar challenge. Transporting physical gold, much as today, was dangerous, inefficient, and vulnerable to theft, seizure, or political interference. In that environment, the Knights …
Large volumes of raw rubber produced in Ghana are being exported without processing, significantly undermining local manufacturing capacity and job creation, Chief Executive Officer of Yaeric Company Limited, Mr Eric Owusu, has revealed. Speaking during a visit by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) under its Regional Investment Roadshow of the Integrated Industrial and Manufacturing …
Geopolitical events steered the world’s attention to the mining sector in 2025, highlighting the persistent supply chain risks that the industry has largely overlooked for years. In 2026, all eyes are on how governments react to rising global tensions and mitigate those risks, says law firm White & Case LLP. According to its Mining & …
Mining companies around the world are increasingly expanding mineral extraction at existing sites rather than opening new mines, as global demand for critical minerals rises, driven largely by the clean energy transition, a new study has found. The research, published on January 22 in the Cell Press journal One Earth, shows that while the expansion …
The Bretton Woods institutions, and particularly the International Monetary Fund have a long and revealing history with economic novelty in the developing world. Their reactions are often misunderstood as ideological hostility or geopolitical bias. In reality, they are better explained as institutional reflex. The International Monetary Fund is not neutral in the abstract. It is …
Timeline Ghana’s Interests are not being served Some general points to bear in mind 26. An important fact not often appreciated by members of the public is that Ghana has invested nearly $28 million in the Atlantic Ewoyaa project for a 6% equity, and is thus sharing the risks in the project with the investor. …
White House and State Department officials have told U.S. oil executives in recent weeks that they would need to return to Venezuela quickly and invest significant capital in the country to revive the damaged oil industry if they wanted compensation for assets expropriated by Venezuela two decades ago, according to two people familiar with the …
Natural resource governance expert, Dr Steve Manteaw, has disclosed that the GoldBod has concluded consultations with key stakeholders on a mutually acceptable gold pricing discount and is expected to adopt a formal pricing policy within the year as part of efforts to reduce value losses in Ghana’s gold sector. According to Dr Manteaw, the stakeholder …
